Policy Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Climate change is considered one of the most pressing issues of our time and is a major concern to marine insurers The shipping sector accounts for around 3% of global CO2 emissions and international agreements on
Policy Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here In light of the drive to decarbonize all modes of transport, the number of new energy vehicles has been on the rise. Electric vehicles (EVs) are projected to match the sales of internal combustion engine (ICE)
Policy Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here In light of the efforts to combat climate change and to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels, new sources of energy and energy storage systems are being developed. This has led to the increased use of
Policy Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Cross border trade needs cooperation to enable it to work and marine insurance plays its part in facilitating that trade amidst a well understood set of international trading rules and agreements. Since the recent escalation in
Policy Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Piracy and other criminal acts continue to be a concern in various regions including the Gulf of Guinea and the Gulf of Aden and they have been met with an international response as well as a
Policy Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here International sanctions are front and centre to the major economic powers’ political strategies and objectives. Shipping as a key cog to the global economy is an obvious sector to be adversely impacted by rises in geopolitical
Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here An alarming rise in cargo theft and freight fraud across global supply chains is being highlighted by the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) and the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) EMEA, with incidents escalating
Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here In 2023, IUMI published a set of best practice and recommendations for the safe carriage of electric vehicles. This was part of its ongoing support of loss prevention guidance to the global marine insurance and
Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Modern slavery affects a range of industries that have links with marine insurance, from fishing and shipping to textiles, agriculture, and manufacturing. Sectors such as distant-water fishing, garment production and the maritime industry/seafaring are particularly
Position papers Safe decarbonisation and alternative fuels Your Content Goes Here Our comprehensive best practice guide for the safe use of flexible tanks for the transport of liquid cargoes aims to provide underwriters, brokers and their clients with practical guidance to ensure cargoes transported by flexible
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Grosse Elbstrasse 36
22767 Hamburg, Germany
info@iumi.com
Telephone +49 40 2000 747-0
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International Union of Marine Insurance
Grosse Elbstrasse 36
22767 Hamburg, Germany
info@iumi.com
Telephone +49 40 2000 747-0
© 2025 International Union of Marine Insurance
All rights reserved.
